Nexus has appointed a specialist cleaning contractor to raise standards of cleanliness at bus stations and bus shelters across Tyne and Wear.
The two-year contract has been awarded to Viper Cleaning Services Ltd, following a competitive tendering process.
Viper has a wealth of experience in delivering high quality cleaning services to a range of different sectors across the UK. The contract with Nexus is the London-based company’s first foray into North East England, and secures jobs for eight cleaning staff based in Newcastle.
The remit for Viper will be to clean a range of medium sized bus stations that are managed by Nexus, including South Shields, Jarrow, Blaydon, Winlaton, North Shields, Concord (Washington), Hetton and Houghton.
They will also look after the cleaning of 1,950 bus shelters across four districts – Gateshead, North Tyneside, Sunderland and South Tyneside – as well as the two passenger waiting areas at the Shields Ferry landing, one in South Shields and one in North Shields.
Nexus Operations Manager Customer Services, John Souter, said: “We’re pleased to announce a partnership with a new cleaning contractor and we’re looking forward to working with them.
“This will lead to improved cleaning regimes at some of the many medium sized passenger interchanges and bus stations that we manage on a day to day basis.”
Commercial Director for Viper Cleaning Services Ltd, Hannah Bridgman, said: “We’re delighted to be working in North East England and are looking forward to a successful partnership with Nexus.
“A great team of cleaning staff has transferred over to us and we’ll be working closely with them to ensure that we deliver exceptionally high standards going forward. We are already working on a number of measures to improve the cleaning regimes that we have taken over.”
Bus shelters in the district of Newcastle are looked after and kept clean by a separate company called Clear Channel.